The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-01-28
Words OF Wisdom.

as air.
If people would take more trouble /,
about living, they would be less troubled l
when dying.
Their who marry for physical charac- !
teristics or external considerations, will
fail of happiness.
Consult one another in all that comes
within the experience, observation or
sphere of the other.
A hesitating, tardy or grum yielding
to the wishes of thu other, always CRATES
upon a lovirg heart.
Human things must be known to be
loved, but Divine things need to be
loved TO be known.
Human life defined by line is as un-
comfortable as would be the human fig
ure defined by wire
How sure it is that if we say q true
word, instantly we feel that 1t is Gods,
not ours, and pass on.
Poilteness is money which enIiches
not only him who rece ives it, but also
him who dispenses it.
If life, like the olive, is bitter fruit,
then grasp both with the press, and they
will afford the sweetest oil.
Never reflect upon a past action that
was done with good motive, and the
best judgment at that time.
They who marry for traits of mind
and heart, will seldom fail Of perennial
springs of domestic enjoyment.
They are the safest who marry from
the standpoint of sentiment rather than
of feeling, passion or mere love.
1t is not enough in this world to
''mes1 we'll" We ought to do WE'LL
Thoughtfulness, therefore, becomes our
! duty.
! The beautiful in the heart Is a million
times of more avail in securing domes-
tic happiness than the beautiful merely
| in person.
Genius is like the flame Of taper, for
while 1t gives forth light to the world
around, it consumes the body which
sustsins it.
No matter how graDdly and purely we
live to day, there is no denying that we
may live more purely and more grandly
TO morrow.
If military glory is a sun which is
/ sometimes yelled with clouds, the glory
OF civilization is a sun which never
ceases to shine.
Things that are not doTe at the right
time are nearly sure to force themselves
upon US when we can least bear the
trouble of them.
True honor is that which Iefrains from
doing in secret what it would not dc
/ openly, and where other laws are want
ing, composes a law Upon itself.
The keeping of the week is a necessary
preparation for keeping the Sabbath
Those who do not work cannot rest, Just
as those who do not rest cannot work.
Don't always search for the serious
of things. The man who has no eye OF
ear for the ludicrous is an unhappy
mortal, Next to virtue, the fun in the
world is what we can least spare.
Avert your gaze from the crosses Of
the future you see them without the
sofLening, sustaining grace that accom-
panies them when they reach you. Lei
your efforts tend to bearing the cross oil
the present moment.
He who is passionate and hasty /,
generally bonest. 1t is your old, dissem
bling hypocrite of whom you should
beware. There's no deception in bull
dog. 1t is only the cur that sneaks VI
and bites you when yeur back is turned
The greatest loss Of time is delay and
expectation which depends upon the fu
ture. We let go tie present, which W.
have in our power, and look upward Il
that which depends upon chAnce-ant
so relinquish a certainty for an uncer
tainty.
The recognition OF virtue is not les
valuable from the lips of a man wht
hates it, since truth forces him to &C.
knowledge it and though he nay b,
unwilling to take It into his inmos
soul, he at least decks himself out in It
trappings.
The wise man has his foibles as vel
as the fool. But the difference between
them is that the foibles of the one ar
known to himself and concealed from
the world and the foibles Of the othel
are known to the world and concealed
from himself.
This and that may be right and true
but public opinion says we must not d.
1t. We must act and walk in all points
as it prescribes. or we shall be lightly
esteemed certain mouthfuls of artIcu
late wind will be thrown at rs, and thil
what mortal courage can front2
Beautiful it is to see and understand
that no worth, known or unknown, car
die, even on this earth. The work an
unknown good man has lone is like 9
vein of water flowing hidden under the
ground, secretly making 1t gTeens II
flows and Aows, it joins itself with other
veins and veinlets and one day 1t will
start forth a visible, perennial well.
When parents themselves stay at home
on the Sabbath, owing to fatigue, or be-
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